Genetic Animal Terminology

Question 1

Billy goat

Answer 1

Male goat

Question 2

Brood

Answer 2

Offspring from one hatching of a birds eggs

Question 3

Broody

Answer 3

Hen on her eggs

Question 4

Buck

Answer 4

Male: deer, goat, rabbit or kangaroo

Question 5

Bullock

Answer 5

Castrated bull or steer

Question 6

Capon

Answer 6

A neutered rooster

Question 7

Calf

Answer 7

Bovine less than 1 yr old or a young seal

Question 8

Cob

Answer 8

Male swan

Question 9

Cock

Answer 9

Male chicken, over 1 yr old

Question 10

Colt

Answer 10

Male horse before maturity

Question 11

Congenital

Answer 11

Condition at birth but not hereditary

Question 12

Cur or mutt

Answer 12

Mixed breed dog

Question 13

Cygnet

Answer 13

A young Swan

Question 14

Dam

Answer 14

Female parent

Question 15

Doe

Answer 15

Adult female goat or deer

Question 16

Drake

Answer 16

A male duck

Question 17

Entire

Answer 17

Un neutered

Question 18

Estrus

Answer 18

Time of reproductive cycle when the female is receptive to mating

Question 19

Ewe

Answer 19

Female sheep of breeding age

Question 20

Filly

Answer 20

Female horse under four years old

Question 21

Gilt

Answer 21

Young female pig

Question 22

Gobbler

Answer 22

A male turkey

Question 23

Jenny

Answer 23

Female donkey

Question 24

Kid

Answer 24

Young goat

Question 25

Gelding

Answer 25

A neutered male horse

Question 26

Stallion

Answer 26

Non-neutered male horse

Question 27

Foal

Answer 27

Baby horse under one year

Question 28

Mare

Answer 28

Adult female horse that is not spayed

Question 29

Heffer

Answer 29

Young female cow that has not given birth to young yet

Question 30

Cow

Answer 30

Female that has given birth

Question 31

Lamb

Answer 31

A young sheep

Question 32

Pony

Answer 32

Any equine that is below 14.2 hands high

Question 33

weanling

Answer 33

Young horse under one-year-old

Question 34

Steer

Answer 34

castrated male bovine

Question 35

Bull

Answer 35

Male Cattle, not castrated

Question 36

Bullocks

Answer 36

Old steers (older castrated male bovine )

Question 37

Ox

Answer 37

Castrated male or female bovine kept for draft purposes

Question 38

Springer

Answer 38

A cow or heifer close to calving

Question 39

Broodmare

Answer 39

Mare (female horse) used for breeding purposes